Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office report Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will not comply with a Syrian demand to present a document committing to a total Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights as a precondition to entering into peace talks with Damascus.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is demanding such a document, stating this was the unwritten agreement he received from the late Yitzchak Rabin and as such, it should be the starting point of future talks with Israel.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)